This file photo released by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries dated Mar 5, 2019 shows the Earth during a slow spin of the spacecraft from a distance of 37,600 km. (PHOTO / AFP) JERUSALEM — The national German Aerospace Center (DLR) signed a cooperation agreement with the Israeli organization SpaceIL, which leads the Beresheet-2 lunar […]
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Victims in Half Moon Bay mass shooting identified
Matt Jones and his son Ryder Jones pay their respects at a makeshift memorial for those killed during a shooting in Half Moon Bay, Californi on Jan 25, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SAN FRANCISCO – The seven farmworkers killed in the Monday mass shootings in Half Moon Bay, Northern California, have been identified, the authorities […]
California staggered by deadly back-to-back mass shootings
A suspect is arrested by law enforcement personnel after a mass shooting at two locations in the coastal northern California city of Half Moon Bay, California, US, January 23, 2023 in a still image from video. (ABC AFFILIATE KGO / REUTERS) MONTEREY PARK, Calif., Jan 24 (Reuters) – Just two days after a gunman killed […]
Seven shot dead in another mass shooting in California
A suspect is arrested by law enforcement personnel after a mass shooting at two locations in the coastal northern California city of Half Moon Bay, California, US, January 23, 2023 in a still image from video. (ABC AFFILIATE KGO / REUTERS) Seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in the coastal […]
NASA’s Orion capsule makes its closest approach to moon
In this handout video grab courtesy of NASA TV the Earth is visible as a crescent in the minutes after Orion finished its engine burn around the moon on Dec 5, 2022. (HANDOUT / NASA TV / AFP) The uncrewed Orion capsule of NASA's Artemis I mission sailed within 80 miles (130 km) of the […]
Moon launch delayed due to storm expected in Florida
The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on Sept 2, 2022. (CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) WASHINGTON – NASA said on Saturday that it was scrapping Tuesday's plans to launch Artemis, the US return to the moon after five decades, noting concerns about a tropical storm headed […]
NASA to make 2nd attempt at debut moon rocket launch on Sat
The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, Aug 30, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (BRYNN ANDERSON / AP) WASHINGTON – NASA aims to make a second attempt to launch its giant next-generation moon rocket on Saturday, Sept 3, five […]
NASA calls off debut test flight of new moon rocket
The NASA moon rocket stands ready at sunrise on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Aug 29, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (JOEL KOWSKY/NASA VIA AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – An engine problem forced NASA on Monday to postpone for at least four days the […]
NASA’s giant US moon rocket emerges for debut launch
NASA's Artemis I Moon rocket is rolled out to Launch Pad Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Aug 16, 2022. (CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) NASA's gigantic Space Launch System moon rocket, topped with an uncrewed astronaut capsule, began an hours-long crawl to its launchpad Tuesday night ahead of the behemoth's […]